Available to License – Berkeley Lab’s Miniature Ion Accelerator

Opportunity: This patent-pending LBNL technology is currently available for licensing or collaborative research.

Details: In collaboration with colleagues from Cornell University, Berkeley Lab researchers have designed a miniature ion accelerator that can scale to very high beam power and enables ultra-compact and low-cost applications of charge particle beams for plasma assembly and heating, materials processing, neutron and x-ray radiography, mass spectrometry, and other ion/electron beam analysis techniques.

Benefits:

Scalability to very high beam power

Suits ultra-compact to large-scale installations

Production of ions or electrons in ultra-compact accelerator structures

Scalable fabrication for low cost

Applications:

Mass spectrometers

Semiconductor and other manufacturing, e.g., ion implantation and exfoliation of materials, surface modifications

Homeland security screening

Pharmaceutical, medical, and environmental science research

Plasma heating

Contact: For more information about this LBNL technology, contact ipo@lbnl.gov.